Birthday parties

Make your child’s birthday party extra-special with a visit from the Engine Shed. We can provide engaging activities for children of all ages who enjoy building and running trains. The grown-ups can join in too!

We can bring all the Engine Shed trains to your home or a venue near you. Your child will be in charge of building and running the trains – Brio, Tomy and Hornby.

Contact Richard at the Engine Shed to discuss your requirements. We’d be very happy to meet with you and your son/daughter before the big day to talk about what they’d like to do.

We’ll be running another Engine Shed open day for autistic children at a real railway station! We’ll be at Herne Hill station next Thursday 30 May from 10am-12noon, in the Station Hall (at 1st floor level). All the usual trains

We’re taking some of our trains to Me too & Co’s activity session in Twickenham. We’ll be providing trains to play with both on the floor and on table tops, so that the activity is accessible to wheelchair users. Tickets

The Engine Shed is a special interest group for children and young people with autism who like trains. They can play, talk and enjoy their interest in a welcoming, safe and relaxing environment – and their parents can talk in

The Engine Shed has been invited to present at the Autism Show in London! Exciting, or what?! We’ll be talking all about the importance of special interests for autistic people and how these can be used for education, training and